In 2018, Gold Standard began reassessing the role of carbon finance in supporting the transition to renewable energy to reflect market evolution and to ensure that funding goes to interventions most in need post-2020 when the Paris Agreement comes into force. 

We are seeking inputs and feedback on our proposed new guideline for dealing with Double Counting risks concerning GS VERS. These risks occur in countries or regions where a regulated carbon cap and trade or carbon tax system is in operation and where these may inadvertently monetise the same reduced emission a second time.

Black Carbon Quantification Methodology

Sustainable Cities Programme Framework

Certification of emissions reductions from black carbon

Incentivizing supply chain resource efficiency

Land Use & Forests Framework, A/R Requirements

Low greenhouse gas food preservation

Agriculture product processing methodology

Microscale cookstove methodology